Pooh values inclusion and ensures each team member in the company is ‘seen,’ exposed to other areas of the business, and participates in cross-function meetings. She develops working relationships between teams to ensure critical synergies and partnerships. Pooh also encourages and supports her team’s involvement in Dollar General’s various Employee Resource Groups and meets with her mentees at least every month to talk through challenges, career advice, and how to navigate DG. Furthermore, Pooh helps coach minority and women-owned businesses and recruits and hosts female and minority interns from several colleges, serving as a mentor and providing counsel, experience opportunities, and career skills. She is a member of WPN: Women’s Professional Network and IGNITE that strive to cultivate and further an inclusive and empowering women’s network, supporting leadership development and workplace transformation to achieve gender quality and NextUp Nashville which advances all women, growing business and transforming workplaces through the power of community.
